Ready to add a spooky touch to your Halloween decor? Making your own witch broom is a fun and easy DIY project that anyone can do!

Halloween is just around the corner, and the kids are already buzzing with excitement, ready to dive into spooky decorations!

While I’ve been creating that spooky vibe in my home, my youngest has had a blast decorating the front yard.

I just gave him a bunch of Halloween decor and let him go at it and let me tell you he got pretty creative.

Plus he had so much fun!

Do you think it’s too early to add Halloween decorations around your home?

It’s never too early for my kids.

If you’re looking for a fun, easy and affordable Halloween decoration, making your own witch’s broom is the perfect project.

With just a few simple materials—like sticks foraged from the yard and a dollar store plunger—you can create a charming Halloween witch broomstick that’s the perfect table top decor.

Let’s roll up our sleeves, get creative, and make some magic together!

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Witch Broom Supplies

Supplies used to make a witch broom: stick, plunger and jute.

For this easy Halloween decor you’ll need a spooky looking stick.

We went out in my parents backyard and found the perfect sticks, covered in moss.

For the base of the witch broom we’re using a dollar store plunger, leftover from the Christmas bells we made last year.

Of course you can also make your witch broom with the attached plunger handle, but I think the stick looks spookier!

And to create the broom bristles we’re using jute.

We found this huge spool of jute at the thrift store a few months back and it’s come in handy for quite a few projects.

You’ll also need a glue gun and scissors.

That’s it!

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Attach Stick to Plunger

To find the perfect sticks for our witch brooms we foraged through my parents backyard looking for sticks with twists and knobs.

Cut the stick to the desired length you would like for your witch broom.

Ours are about 18-24″ long, as I plan to use my witch brooms as table top decor.

A woman places hot glue into the hole of the plunger to attach a stick.

Then remove the handle from the plunger and liberally apply hot glue inside the hole and attach your stick.

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Attach Jute

First you’ll want to cut several lengths of jute.

By the way, the thicker the jute, the fewer pieces you’ll need.

Our jute is 6 ply.

To determine how long to cut them, hold up the jute on the stick to decide how long to cut it.

Then cut 10-20 pieces so you can begin to attach them.

Woman places hot glue on a plunger and attached jute.

For our tabletop witch broom we placed the top of the jute about 2″ up from the top of the plunger and let it trail off the plunger 2-3″.

Use hot glue to secure your first row around the stick.

Woman attaches jute to the stick and plunger.

Continue adding jute with a second row

After two rows of jute was secured around our stick we felt like we needed to add shorter pieces of jute on the the plunger itself.

Woman places hot glue on a plunger and attached jute.

Continue to add jute until it starts to cover the plunger.

Trim and even out the jute as you go.

A woman trims the jute to even lengths.

When the plunger is mostly covered unravel each piece of jute and then you’ll be able to see if you need to fill in any areas with more jute.

A woman unravels a strand of jute.

Once ours was unraveled we decided to add one more row of jute.

Then unravel that row and fill in any areas as necessary.

Final row of jute is attached to the stick and plunger to make a witch broom.

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Finish with a Macrame Wrapping Knot

To finish off our witch broom we used a macrame loop knot.

Begin by forming a loop with jute (we used 4 ply jute) and leave a tail that’s about 6″ long.

Then wrap the jute over the folded jute near the tail and continue wrapping to desired the width.

Woman make a loop with jute to finish off the broom.
Woman loops just around the base of the broom.
Woman loops just around the base of the broom.

Once it’s wrapped around as much as you’d like cut the jute and leave a 6-8″ tail.

Then take the tail and place it through the loop, while keeping it held tight.

And finally take the tail near the stick side and pull.

This will pull the loop and the other tail and hide it in the wrapped section.

Then clip the tails.

Woman forms a macrame loop know to finish off broom.
Woman forms a macrame loop know to finish off broom.
Woman trims tails from the macrame loop knot.
To complete the witch broom, a long strand of jute is wrapped around the attached jute strips.

Style and Enjoy

We created two witch brooms as part of my Halloween tablescape.

I believe they look so cute and spooky along with my skull napkin rings.

Now I think I need to plan a Halloween dinner party for my friends.

Is this a project you’d like to make for your Halloween decorations this year?

How would you style them?

DIY tabletop witch broom styled with a wooden bowl filled with skeleton bones and Spanish moss as the centerpiece for this spooky Halloween tablescape.
DIY tabletop witch broom styled with a wooden bowl filled with skeleton bones and Spanish moss as the centerpiece for this spooky Halloween tablescape.
DIY tabletop witch broom styled with a wooden bowl filled with skeleton bones and Spanish moss as the centerpiece for this spooky Halloween tablescape.

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